Brennan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Brennan and Braonรกn are masculine given names, but Brennan can be a feminine given name. The given name Brennan is considered to be mainly an Irish or Gaelic name. The Gaelic personal name Braonรกn is derived from the Irish braon, meaning "sorrow".

From Wikipedia

Brennan first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 148 babies (rank #210 that year). In 2024 it was given to 7 boys (rank #2,601). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Brennan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Brennan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,728
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
148
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991136#221
1992121#248
1993127#230
199498#259
1995148#210
1996141#220
1997135#215
1998130#217
1999121#218
2000129#202
200197#250
200293#254
200397#266
200498#268
2005103#270
2006101#284
200783#345
200885#355
2009102#303
201070#416
201172#398
201266#427
201368#429
201448#569
201548#561
201634#748
201742#625
201834#741
201915#1,358
202018#1,207
202123#1,021
202215#1,386
202312#1,639
20247#2,601